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A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Sawgrass Trading Company. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former hourly employees of all Florida Sawgrass Trading Company stores, who since May 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

A statewide collective action with possible national reach has been filed in West Virginia against credit card customer service giant, Applied Card Systems, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all West Virginia employees of Applied who were not paid proper overtime compensation for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must voluntarily "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

California labor law mandates that workers be given certain rest and meal breaks--your employer can't get around it by giving you too much work and then blaming you because you had no time. A class action has been filed against United Parcel Service, Inc. on behalf of former and current UPS drivers who allege that the company fails to provide meal and rest periods to drivers and wrongfully deducts amounts from their paychecks from February 1999 to the present in violation of California wage and hour laws.

International Business Machines Corporation, (IBM) faces a lawsuit that was filed in federal court for allegedly not paying overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District Court of Texas against Cai, Inc. for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek to recover unpaid regular wages, overtime compensation, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

As the result of an alleged continuous pattern of labor violations, another collective action has been filed in Florida against the School Board of Broward County, Florida. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by the board. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as well as statutory damages, liquidated damages and declaratory relief.

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